CVE-2003-0784

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in tsm for the bos.rte.security fileset on AIX 5.2 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via login, and local users to gain privileges via login, su, or passwd, with a username that contains format string specifiers.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY47764&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY47764&apar=only

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